[ovs-dev] [ovs-discuss] How to specify the OF version in OVS?

Isaku Yamahata yamahata at valinux.co.jp
Mon Jan 7 03:45:04 UTC 2013


On Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 09:05:21AM -0800, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 06:52:30AM +0000, Jing Ai wrote:
> > Therefore, my question is how to specify the OpenFlow version in
> > ovs-vswitchd. I could not find any command-line flag from man
> > page. Thanks!
> 
> See ovs-vswitchd.conf.db(5):
> "ovs-vsctl set bridge <name> protocols=openflow10,openflow12,openflow13"

An example in ovs-vsctl.8 would help. I was asked what's the command line to 
configure OF version.


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From: Isaku Yamahata <yamahata at valinux.co.jp>
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 12:39:25 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] ovs-vsctl.8: an example to configure openflow version

Signed-off-by: Isaku Yamahata <yamahata at valinux.co.jp>
---
 utilities/ovs-vsctl.8.in |    6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/utilities/ovs-vsctl.8.in b/utilities/ovs-vsctl.8.in
index e19340f..3886920 100644
--- a/utilities/ovs-vsctl.8.in
+++ b/utilities/ovs-vsctl.8.in
@@ -911,6 +911,12 @@ Deconfigure STP from above:
 .IP
 .B "ovs\-vsctl clear Bridge br0 stp_enable"
 .PP
+.SS "OpenFlow Version"
+.PP
+Configure bridge br0 to use openflow version of 1.0, 1.2 and 1.3:
+.IP
+.B "ovs\-vsctl set bridge br0 protocols=openflow10,openflow12,openflow13"
+.
 .SH "EXIT STATUS"
 .IP "0"
 Successful program execution.
-- 
1.7.10.4



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